Lyric discussion by squarelover 

abhpro: Yes it takes place in 2022. But great art imitates real life.

George Orwell wrote 1984 in 1948 but was commenting on the political changes of england and Europe post WWII.

Terry Giliams Brazil was about the ever growing bureaucracy and overprotective intrusions of governments in the late 1980's

Fritz Lang's Metropolis made in the 1920s, which is the story of a large futuristic city in the year 2026, dealt with the issues of the then emerging communism and capitalism.

There are many more dsytopian pieces of art that reflect off of current events of the time they were created.

So YZ is about a fictional dystopia in 2022, but is based on the political and historical situations of today.

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